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Oct. 26, 2018 / 12:55 PM GMT / Updated 1:18 PM GMT
By Pete Williams and Elisha Fieldstadt
Two more packages containing explosive devices were discovered Friday, one in Florida addressed to Sen. Cory Booker and another in New York addressed to former U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, officials said.
The package addressed to Clapper was discovered at a postal facility in Midtown Manhattan. The New York Police Department said they were responding to 8th Ave. and 52nd Street at 8:44 a.m. ET.
The package addressed to Booker, D-N.J. was discovered at a postal facility in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, according to officials.
On Thursday, investigators said they believed some of the packages may have passed through the U.S. mail sorting facility in Opa-locka, Florida. The packages listed Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s address — in Sunrise, Florida — as the return address. Sunrise is less than 20 miles north of Opa-locka. Royal Palm Beach is about 40 miles north of Sunrise.
The ten previous packages, all of which contained pipe bombs, have been addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden, actor Robert De Niro, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., former Attorney General Eric Holder, former CIA Director John Brennan, former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Both Biden and Waters received two packages. On Thursday, packages addressed to Biden and De Niro were discovered in Delaware and New York respectively.
The package sent to Brennan was addressed to CNN’s offices in New York and led to an hours-long evacuation of the building Wednesday.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.